Packaging device



June 9, 193 c. w. AEPPLER ET AL PACKAGING DEVI CE Filed March 15, 1950 tion contemplates the use of paper bags, principles thereof.

a & highly attractive package. to-be permanently fastened .to any suitable 9 Patented June 9, 1931 v f siren stares arser critics oannw. AnPrLnn Jinn nnsLrn rawnnnonor ooofnoiuowoo. Wisconsin r I i 'racxaernd'nnvrcnk i application filedMarch'15, 1930. serial Nor 436,213.

This invention pertains to a packaging de- I A more specific object of the present invenvice, and while the same may be applied to tion resides in the provision of a device of the the wrapping or covering of various articles, foregoing character in which, one of the blades it is particularly designed for use in connecis substantially rigid and provided with '5 tion with comb honey, which because of its guides adjacent itslongitudinal edges, while fragilecharacter, must be handled with exthe other blade is yieldable with relation treme care.- I thereto, so that the ends of the blades may be Atythe present time, numerous articles, contracted for initial insertion into the end such as honey, molded cracker jack, confec- .of thebag.

10 tions, and the like, are usually placed in car- With the above and other objects in view,

tons or wrapped witha suitable paper coverwvhlcli wlll appear as the descrlptlon proing folded over upon the ends. vceeds, the invention resides lnthe novel con- Both are expensive, and the latter method struction, combination and arrangement of requires considerable time and awkward and parts substantially as hereinafter described diflicult operations. This is particularly true and more particularly defined by the appendwhere it is attempted to wrap comb honey, ed "claims, it being understood that such as the average honey producer does not pack changes in the precise embodiment of the sufficient combs to warrant the installation of herein disclosed invention may bemade as expensive wrapping machiner if such there come within the scope of the claims;

'2 be,and must therefore perform the wrapping In the accompanying drawings is illusoperation manually. trated one complete example of the physical To overcome the foregoing objections and embodiment of the present invention conprovide suitable covering for articles, such as structed according to the best mode so far comb honey and the'like, the present invendevised for the practical application of the which may be of any conventional structure, In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front eleor provided with transparent sides or winvation; dows to render the article visible. In either Figure 2 is aplan elevation; instance, it will be appreciated that consid- C Figure 3 is a fragmentary front elevation 30 erable difiiculty is encountered in opening a 'illustratingthe initial insertion of the blades folded paper bag sufficiently to permit inserinto the end of a bag ;[and tion of the article without damage to the Figure 4 is an end elevation with the bag article or bag. i positioned upon the spreading blades, and

The present invention has primarily'for shown in section.

its object the provision of a simple, inexpen- Referring now more particularly to the I sive device adapted to facilitate the proper accompanying drawings, that form of thein opening for a paper bag and the insertion of ,vention illustrated comprises a base designatan article thereinto withoutdamage to either, ed by the numeral 1, andprovided with and in such manner as to obtain a neat and countersunk screw holes to permit the same" Incidental to the foregoing, a more spesupportfi I cific object resides in the provision of a de Fastened upon the base adjacent its front vice comprising a pair of spaced blades for edge isa spreading blade 3,,one end of which receiving and gradually opening a folded projects beyond the base andtermin'ates in paper bag, as the same is forced thereover, a rounded nose 4- to facilitate insertion into 1 said blades being yicldable with relation to the end of afo-lded paper bag. The longieach other to facilitate initial insertion into- I tudinal edges of the blade 3 are turned upthe open end of the bag, and one of said blades wardly to provide front and rear guides .5 being provided with means for guiding an and 6, respectively, the rear guides 6 extend- '9 article into the expanded or open bag. ing throughout the major portion oftheblade I upon the post 7 is a support 8 having secured to its underface a second spreading blade 9,

which is aligned longitudinally and vertically with the lower blade 3, and extends beyond the support a correspondingdistance to the extension of the blade 3 beyond the base 1. The blade 9 is preferably formed of resilient material to permit contraction of its outer end with relation to the outer end of the blade. 3 for the purpose to be described in connection with the operation of the device.

While the base and support S areillustrated as formed from wood, it will be understood that various structures are contemplated, it being merely essential to the operation of the present invention that the spreading blades 3 and 9 be positioned in spaced relation to each other and relative ly yicldable.

Taking up the operation of the present device, reference will be had to Figure 3, which illustrates the initial operation of depressing the top blade 9 to cause its outer end to be contracted with relation to the end of the lower blade 3, after which operation the ends of the blades are inserted into the mouth of a paper bag. The bag, which is initially folded, can then readily be threaded or slid overthe blades, during which operation the same will be opened, as shown in Figures 1 and 4, it being understood that the blades 9 and 3 are of substantially the same width as the bag. After the bag has been strung upon the spreading blades, the article A, which may represnt a comb of honey or like object, is placed upon that end of the blade 3 secured to the base against the rear guide 6. The article is then manually slid forwardly upon the blade 3 and guided into thefopen end of the bag b the guides 5 and 6. \Vhen theforward en" of the article engages the closed end of the bag, further movement serves to strip-the bag from the spreader blades, after which the'open end may be folded over and glued, or otherwise secured, to form a complete covering for the article.

Theoperation is then repeated, and it will I be obvious that little practice will be required to enable an operator to become highly skilled in the necessary operations, which by means of the present invention are materially facilitated and enable an operator to rapidly insert articles into bags without dam age to either the bags or articles.

I claim:

I. A device of the character described comprising a base, a blade secured thereto and projecting beyond said base, a support positioned above said base, a second blade carried by said support and aligned longitudially and vertically with said first mentioned blade and cooperating with said. first mentioned blade for receiving and spreading a folded paper bag, and means carried by said first mentioned blade for guiding an article I into the bag.

2. A device of the character described comprising a pair of spaced blades relatively yieldable for receiving and spreading a folded paper bag, and guides carried by one of said blades adjacent its longitudinal edges, one of said guides terminating short ofthe other to permit an article to he slid upon said blade from the front and against the other of said guides.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands at Oconomowoc, in the county of l/Vaukesha and State of Wisconsin.

' CARL V. AEPPLER.

' LESLIE LAlVRENCE. 

